Posted by Ritch on May 9, 2003, at 21:22:51
In reply to Re: stimulant psychosis, posted by cybercafe on May 9, 2003, at 20:22:30
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> Thanks for replying mitch
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> > You may have found your *ceiling* dosage for Ritalin in this way. 20mg of Ritalin-LA was about the max I could take every day and still feel stable--during bipolar depression times of the year. More caused trouble.
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> Interesting. I still can't concentrate, so we're raising the zyprexa to 5mg to accommodate a higher dose of methylphenidate. Though I can't help but wonder if I might not be better off on Seroquel, since it has a much lower affinity for D4, and D4 is the receptor we want to stimulate for ADD.
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I've been on the stimulant/antipsychotic thing before and it didn't work very well. I was taking Risperdal+Adderall and got EPS from the Risperdal. Then I switched to Seroquel+Adderall, and got dystonia from that (throat muscles tight as banjo strings). I tried Effexor+Adderall and that worked much better than the former two combos. Ritalin-wise that stuff just tended to make me tense and quiet. I didn't like its short-term peakiness at all. It seems your pdoc is set on Zyprexa for some reason and is trying everything to make the Zyprexa work.
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